Staff
Becc
She/her | Strategy and Government Relations
Professionally Queer cis-woman, organiser/campaigner, unionist and political hack.
Brett
He/they | Community Engagement Officer
Teacher/trainer, advocate and Founder of Rainbow Crows.
Volunteer Board
Tamsin
She/her | Chair
Queer trans woman, governance nerd, and change maker.
Lucy
She/they | Secretary
Trans/Non-Binary advocate, peer educator, policy & project worker.
Holley
She/ her | Board member
Health advocate working in sexual health & relationship wellbeing.
Varo
They/ them | Treasurer
Queer non-binary bureaucrat by day, LGBTIQA+ advocate by night.
Lucy
She/her Ι Board member
Support provider for educators teaching LGBTIQA+ students.
Jace
She/he/they Ι Board member
First Nations, disabled, non-binary, peer navigator and case manager, advocate and community organiser.
Leeann
She/her Ι Board member
Asexual, single parent of 3 and disability rights advocate.
Joshua
He/him Ι Board member
Proud Port Pirie resident, owner of small disability service and keen sportsman
Kahiwa
She/her Ι Board member
Māori, AuDHD, queer, evaluator, educator, motorcycle rider, and enthusiastic solution-finder.
Kirsty
They/them Ι Board member
Non-binary, mental health and wellbeing advocate, avid traveller.
Nic
He/Him Ι Board member
Vale Ian Purcell AM
1947 – 2016
We honour Ian Purcell AM who dedicated his life to advancing the health and rights of LGBTIQA+ South Australians over may decades of activism.
Fondly known as the “Godfather of the Gay Community”, Ian was the first Chairperson of the SA Rainbow Advocacy Alliance.
He was founding member of the Uranian Society, a cultural forum for gay men, and the Gay and Lesbian Community Action lobby group, which was formed to counter political and social conservatism at the height of the AIDS epidemic.
He also represented the LGBTIQ+ community on various state government departmental committees, including the Ministerial Advisory Council on Gay and Lesbian Health and the SA Police Gay and Lesbian Liaison Committee.
In 2005 Ian Purcell became a Member of the Order of Australia for his advocacy.
His wisdom and humanity will be much missed.
We owe so much to Ian and we hope to honour him by continuing his work.